Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall is a Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at York University. He holds academic appointments within the Faculty of Science and leads research in active galactic nuclei (AGN) and quasar dynamics. His work focuses on quasar outflows, accretion disk physics, and gravitational lensing. Hall has secured significant external funding, including NSERC Discovery Grants and the Ontario Early Researcher Award. He has advised numerous graduate and undergraduate students, contributing to over 100 refereed publications.

Education: Ph.D. in Astronomy (University of Arizona, 1998), B.A. in Astronomy and Physics (UC Berkeley, 1990). Research interests include AGN feedback mechanisms, quasar variability, and observational cosmology. Notable achievements include discoveries of extreme BAL quasars and the first detection of BAL outflow acceleration using Gemini telescope data.

Awards: Asteroid 153686 named 'Pathall', NASA mission contributions, and multiple York University Merit Awards. Active in professional organizations like the Canadian Astronomical Society and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-V) collaboration.

Grants: Over CAD 1.5M in research funding, including NSERC and CFHT projects. Collaborations include XMM-Newton, Hubble Space Telescope, and the James Webb Space Telescope.

Labs/Teams: Member of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) project and SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper initiative. Supervises the York University AGN research group.